Please pray for my friend Josh Tumlin.

[redwagon02]

Damn man, I just found out. Sorry to here about Josh. Hope he makes a speedy recovery.

[tdurr]

Prayers sent. He is lucky to be alive. That's how one of my friends got killed instantly. Except the person wasn't drunk.

x2. my friend dropped the bike at 50-60 and slid under the car trying to avoid the crash and died instantly.

Josh + his wife is deff in my thoughts and prayers.

[§treet_§peed]

thanks guys.. i have some new info as of this afternoon. Josh is stable and in a private room. He is finally out of the trauma unit. they are still running test and scans. the bleeding on his brain has almost stopped. they are hopping his brain is going to swell anymore so they don't have to drill it. other than that still the same. he is a bit more talkative now. i am going to try to go down tomorrow although i doubt that will happen because i have to be at work at 2

[ueyedgr8tness]

my prayers to bro this is sad man.It makes me glad i got rid of mine

[§treet_§peed]

thank you i know him and his wife appreciate the support.

[Subleg4]

Very sorry to hear about your friend. My best wishes and healing thoughts will be going out to him, his wife, and his child.

Much responsibility, careful attention, and anticipation is required to ride safely. But, as they say, shit happens sometimes. This event should not prevent those that want to ride from doing so; it should only make them more aware of the risks involved.

I sincerely hope he recovers and returns to his family.

Agreed 100%, it def sucks that this happened to him and I wish him a speedy recovery, but like he ^^ said, shit happens sometimes, and you know the risks that come with riding a bike when you get one and it sucks but you cant let it deter you from what you love to do, which im sure he loved to ride. Riders are a different breed and it cant be explanined to a "non-rider", they just dont understand fully, but once you get that bug it cant be shaken. Once you get bucked off that bull you gotta jump back on, like anything in life, cant be scared.

Best of wishes to Josh and his wife, I pray he pulls through and is 100% when is all said and done.

[§treet_§peed]

So i got to talk to him today for about 5 minutes before i had to go to work. He is doing great now all things considered. He kept asking me about his bike and where it was. All i could tell him is its trashed man sorry. He also wanted me to tell him what happened. He only remember leaving home then seeing the white truck then waking up in the ER. so i told him what i was told by the popo that happened. he was like fuck me damn we gotta get my bike man we gotta fix it. i was like bro its totaled. he was fuck it we'll fix it or ill get another one next week. i LOL'd so hard after that. then he was like im getting out of this bitch tonight or tomorrow one. i was like dude your not going any where for a little while. he was like nah fuck this i wanna ride next week. i was like worry about getting your body fixed then your bike. he was like nah fuck my body i wanna know if my bike is ok. i was like its trashed man. he was like i gotta get my helmet and gear back from those bitches. i was like its all trashed to man. he was like ah fuck. but he was in good spirits. im gonna try to go see him this week if the weather permits along with time.

[TheProfiteer]

hell yeah man good to know he is doin well

[§treet_§peed]

thank you

[§treet_§peed]

ok so i talked to him twice today. he is doing good and talking a lot. but alo still hurting and tired. the first time i talked to him, he was like man i wish i had a car instead of the bike. then a few hours later i called again to check up on him and he was like man i can't wait to get another one asap. so i dunno. but he is getting back to himself. His back is broke so they are prolly gonna have to do some surgery. not just his back but his hand/arm and prolly his leg since his knee cap and bones went thru his leg.

[Brett]

Glad to hear things are getting better for him, and yeah the fact he already wants to ride again is good!!

[§treet_§peed]

thanks Bert.

[The Ninja]

He is on this board as street speed as well just without the double s, he is also on Georgiasportbike.com as well as a cbr forum. he was riding over to drop off some pictures he took of another one of my friends cars and a drunk driver pulled out in front of him. his was riding about 50-60 we were told when the drunk driver in a full sized truck pulled out in front of him and after Josh hit he ran, but was later caught because they had almost all of hall county and gainesville police looking for him. They life flighted him to Grady hospital. He has possible fractures to his neck and back, broke knee, broke arm and hand, light bleeding on his brain, bruises and scraps all over. The cops told his wife and dad it's a miracle he didn't die. I sorta feel bad because im the one that called him and asked him to bring those pictures over. i feel like if i hadn't of called him this wouldn't of happened. either way im glad he is alive. he's like my brother. anyways im going back down tomorrow as soon as i get off work. Thank you all.

Technically speaking, if you hadn't called him he probably wouldn't have came. So it is partially your fault. You should feel like shit and cut your fucking wrists you piece of shit.

[IMPORTchic]

wow.


Well..hope he continues to get better....

[willum14pb]

man that's freakin terrible.. gotta be careful on those bikes man..

[eraser4g63]

It is not your fault because regardless when something is going to happen it will happen. If he had not been coming over to your house he would have been going some where else. When it is your time there is not a damn thing you, someone's mom, or me can do about it. The fact that he survive says a lot about A. the FD and EMS that worked the wreck. B. That it was not his time to die. and C. that drunk fuck should be hung. I wish him the best he has a long road to recovery ahead of him and he needs friends and family to be there.

[babygurl]

Wow...hope your friend gets better I am praying for him...

[§treet_§peed]

thanks guys and girls. he had back surgery this morning. im waiting on them to call me back and let me know how it went he had to have three screws placed in his spine.

[blumagic04]

keep ya head up and dont feel as if its your fault. You didnt know that something like that was going to happen....

[Princess12]

thanks guys and girls. he had back surgery this morning. im waiting on them to call me back and let me know how it went he had to have three screws placed in his spine.

Keep us updated!

[The Ninja]

Still your fault bitch.

[ultm8mind]

sorry to hear it, hope all is well, any updates?

[§treet_§peed]

well i just got home but i got a txt from his wife. she said back surgery went perfect. he was still knocked out but said he was ok from what the doctors told her. i will know later today when i talk to them again.

[tdurr]

^^ good to hear! I wanna see pics of the bike if u dont mind...

[§treet_§peed]

i dont have any sorry

[streetspeed7]

My name is josh and i'm the one that this thread is about. from what i hear the first two days that i was in the hospital they were waiting on me to die. i don't even remember being in the hospital except like the last two day. i don't remember talking to matt about fixing or getting a new bike but with all the meds that were in my body i'm sure i was talking crazy shit. I was in the hospital for eight days, on the 8th day i walked out of there. even after the spine surgery and my leg being all messed up i still walked out of there. the doctors were calling me an alien because by body heals so fast. i don't see myself riding a bike on the road anytime soon if ever but i would ride the track all day long. Bikes are very fun but the road just isn't the place to ride anymore. most people don't give a shit for bikes. thank you everyone for caring and the prayers. here are some before and after pics of the bike.

before



after

[Kourt]

Damn, I don't know you but glad to see youre still alive and doing good.

[nismo_92]

dam bro sorrey 2 hear this hope hel be ok